2012 PokerStars.com EPT Madrid

Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.com EPT Madrid

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
€495,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Entries
477
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000

Rodriguez Finds Some Fives

Just some tidbits from this hand as it played out on the featured table far from our sight. Ricardo Ibanez Rodriguez was the preflop raiser, and he called a three-bet from his next-door neighbor Ilan Boujenah.

From there, we were deprived of the action until the turn as the board showed {5-Clubs} {7-Clubs} {9-Clubs} {5-Hearts}. Rodriguez was the one doing the betting at that point, and Boujenah called a bet there, and another 125,000 behind the {K-Diamonds} river.

Rodriguez showed down {4-Hearts} {5-Diamonds}, and the trips earned him the pot. He's been doing good work today, nearly tripling his starting count as he stacks up close to 1.5 million now.

Player Chips Progress
Ricardo Ibañez
Ricardo Ibañez
1,450,000 815,000
Ilan Boujenah il
Ilan Boujenah
825,000 -328,000

Tags: Ilan BoujenahRicardo Ibanez Rodriguez

Borge Dypvik Eliminated in 23rd Place (€13,000)

Borge Dypvik - 23rd place
Borge Dypvik - 23rd place

It was one coinflip too many for Borge Dypvik, he first doubled up with {A-Clubs}{10-Hearts} through Juan Navarrete's {5-Spades}{5-Clubs} on an {J-Hearts}{9-Spades}{3-Hearts}{A-Spades}{2-Clubs} board to double up to 380,000.

A few hands later and Dypvik opened to 30,000 on the button before Jason Duval made it 75,000 in the small blind. Dypvik pushed and Duval made the call, the Norwegian was holding {Q-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} and was against {5-Clubs}{5-Hearts} once more. This time though, he couldn't spike on a board of {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}{3-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} and went out in 23rd place while Duval consolidates his chip lead on table 2.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Duval ca
Jason Duval
1,370,000 270,000
Juan Navarrete
Juan Navarrete
325,000 -135,000
Borge Dypvik no
Borge Dypvik
Busted

Tags: Borge DyvikJason DuvalJuan Navarrete

Break

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante

We've put the first partial level in the books, and the players have stepped away for their first break of the day.

Level: 22

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

Chip Counts At The First Break

Player Chips Progress
João Paulo Simão br
João Paulo Simão
1,854,000 4,000
Ricardo Ibañez
Ricardo Ibañez
1,432,000 -18,000
Jason Duval ca
Jason Duval
1,368,000 -2,000
Siyu Sha at
Siyu Sha
1,081,000 233,000
Bruno Lopes fr
Bruno Lopes
Winamax
989,000 -114,000
Fraser MacIntyre gb
Fraser MacIntyre
938,000 148,000
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
EPT 1X Winner
839,000 -281,000
Taylor Paur us
Taylor Paur
793,000 59,000
Ilan Boujenah il
Ilan Boujenah
793,000 -32,000
Tristan Clemencon fr
Tristan Clemencon
641,000 246,000
Clayton Mozdzen ca
Clayton Mozdzen
641,000 -142,000
Ivan Tikhov ru
Ivan Tikhov
468,000 -146,000
Frederik Jensen dk
Frederik Jensen
EPT 1X Winner
405,000 145,000
Nicolas Levi fr
Nicolas Levi
399,000 -127,000
Juan Navarrete
Juan Navarrete
305,000 -20,000
Andrei Stoenescu ro
Andrei Stoenescu
304,000 41,000
Yordan Dimitrov bg
Yordan Dimitrov
280,000 53,000
Jean-Pierre Petroli fr
Jean-Pierre Petroli
PokerNews
268,000 -39,000
Ben Spraggons gb
Ben Spraggons
258,000 13,000
Yury Gulyy ru
Yury Gulyy
229,000 -6,000
Javier Dominguez es
Javier Dominguez
161,000 -89,000
Ruben Setien Herrera
Ruben Setien Herrera
130,000 -45,000

Yordan Dimitrov Eliminated in 22nd Place (€13,000)

Yordan Dimitrov - 22nd place
Yordan Dimitrov - 22nd place

From the cutoff seat, Bruno Lopes came in raising to 34,000, and Yordan Dimitrov three-bet shoved from the big blind. It was 214,000 total, and Lopes spent some time in the tank before making the call with his covering stack. He'd run into a monster, though.

Showdown
Lopes: {Q-Hearts} {10-Hearts}
Dimitrov: {A-Hearts} {A-Diamonds}

Lopes could not have asked for much better on the {Q-Spades} {5-Hearts} {9-Hearts} flop, and Dimitrov sunk a bit as he realized he needed to fade about half the deck with two cards to come. The turn {5-Spades} was safe, but he was still a coin flip to stay afloat.

River: {Q-Diamonds}

That's in Lopes' neighborhood, and his full house overcomes aces to tally the knockout. It's Dimitrov who goes under in 22nd place, good for €13,000.

Player Chips Progress
Bruno Lopes fr
Bruno Lopes
Winamax
1,225,000 236,000
Yordan Dimitrov bg
Yordan Dimitrov
Busted

Tags: Bruno LopesYordan Dimitrov

Javier Dominguez Eliminated in 21st Place (€13,000)

Javier Dominguez (Day 3) - 21st place
Javier Dominguez (Day 3) - 21st place

PokerStars Team Online player Javier Dominguez pushed all in over the top of a late position raise from Frederik Jensen, only to be snap-called by the Dane.

Dominguez: {J-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Jensen: {A-Clubs}{10-Clubs}

The Spanish rail called for a jack but their cries went on deaf ears as the board went the way of Jensen coming {A-Hearts}{10-Spades}{8-Spades}{4-Spades}{A-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Frederik Jensen dk
Frederik Jensen
EPT 1X Winner
605,000 200,000
Javier Dominguez es
Javier Dominguez
Busted

Tags: Frederik JensenJavier Dominguez

Ben Spraggons Eliminated in 19th Place (€13,000)

Ben Spraggons - 19th place
Ben Spraggons - 19th place

Jason Duval raised to 35,000 preflop and Ben Spraggons moved all in from the button for 124,000, Ivan Tikhov made the call and Duval got out of the way.

Spraggons: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}
Tikhov: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}

The board came {6-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{4-Spades}{3-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} and Spraggons is joining our rush of exits to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Ivan Tikhov ru
Ivan Tikhov
690,000 222,000
Ben Spraggons gb
Ben Spraggons
Busted

Tags: Ben SpraggonsIvan Tikhov